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A safer Scandia
Submitted photo As part of National Fire Prevention Week Oct. 9-15, the Scandia firefighters visited Scandia Elementary IB World School to talk to the students about fire safety and prevention. The...
View ArticleFairview to host free “Living Well with Chronic Health Conditions” classes in...
To help individuals with long-term conditions lead healthy, meaningful lives, Fairview Health Services will host a free “Living Well with Chronic Health Conditions” series in Forest Lake. The “Living...
View ArticleMan gets 20 years for prostitution conviction
A St. Paul man charged with acting as a pimp for a 17-year-old Forest Lake girl was sentenced Oct. 28 to 20 years in prison after he was convicted of promoting the prostitution of an individual. Damon...
View ArticleAssault, threats among recent court cases
A Forest Lake man was charged with domestic assault by strangulation after allegedly grabbing someone he lived with around the neck during a fight. According to court records, police arrived at the...
View ArticleOne dead in I-35 accident (updated)
A woman died in a early morning accident today on Interstate Highway 35 in Forest Lake. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, the woman, who has not yet been identified, fell off the back of a...
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Minor injuries after SUV flip
Photo courtesy of the Forest Lake Police Department No one was seriously injured after a Kia Sportage was upended during a rear-end crash Nov. 21 in Forest Lake. According to Forest Lake police, the...
View ArticlePolice issue timely reminders
With more snow forecasted as likely in the Forest Lake area, Forest Lake police have announced that winter parking regulations are in effect in the city. While the regulations are in effect, cars may...
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Three cars crash on Highway 61 (UPDATED)
A slew of emergency vehicles rushed to the intersection of U.S. Highway 61 and Northwest Fourth Avenue shortly after 6 p.m. after a three-car crash that left the involved vehicles severely damaged....
View ArticleMan killed in snow plow accident
A 60-year-old Forest Lake man was killed the day before Thanksgiving after he was run over by a snow plow truck in Roseville. According to law enforcement, Kirk Almendinger was also plowing snow in a...
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Diamond Find fights to stay open
Photo by Ryan Howard Brian Patterson hard at work in Diamond Find, his longtime jewelry business at The Plaza in Forest Lake. In the early morning hours of Oct. 16, burglars forced their way into The...
View ArticleGun fired in police chase
A law enforcement officer was dragged by a vehicle and another officer fired his gun during an early morning incident on Dec. 22 in the 10 block of Lee Street in Forest Lake. According to the...
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Police seek help in locating runaway
Karapetsas Forest Lake police are asking for community members with possible leads about a missing 14-year-old girl to come forward after the teen’s digital trail went cold. According to police,...
View ArticleMost read stories of 2016
While The Times picks out the stories we believe were the biggest news in the community this year, that doesn’t always correspond to what gets the most interest. Below are the top 20 most-read stories...
View ArticleSheriff’s office to begin using body cameras
Several law enforcement agencies in the St. Croix Valley plan to begin using body-worn cameras for the first time next year, and they want the public’s input on the policies that govern use of the...
View ArticleForest Lake man dies after snowmobile crash
The son of a Forest Lake snowmobile legend died Jan. 6 after an accident suffered while preparing for a snowmobile race. According to media and organizer reports, Hunter Houle, 18, of Forest Lake, was...
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FL grad fatally injured in snowmobile accident
Submitted photoHunter Houle in action. Forest Lake 18-year-old Houle died last week after a snowmobile accident The Forest Lake community lost one of its own on Jan. 6 when 18-year-old Hunter Houle...
View ArticleMan frostbitten as drinkers bolt from party
One person was seriously injured early in the morning Jan. 8 after several underage drinkers fled a party in a Wyoming home, Wyoming police reported. According to Director of Public Safety Paul Hoppe,...
View ArticleMore details emerge about officer dragging incident
With the Dec. 27 charging of the alleged driver in a Dec. 22 police chase, more details have been released about an incident that injured a Forest Lake Police officer and resulted in a van being hit by...
View ArticleRunaway found safe in Forest Lake
Kaitlyn Karapetsas, the Forest Lake 14-year-old who went missing from her home in November 2016, was found safe at a relative’s home in Forest Lake the morning of Jan. 16, according to the Forest Lake...
View ArticleForest Lake seeks proposal for sheriff’s office contract
On Jan. 18, the city of Forest Lake began the process of requesting a proposal from the Washington County Sheriff’s Department to contract law enforcement in Forest Lake. The request does not mean that...
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